Beginner Gardening: Broccoli, 1 by Farmerdill

Farmerdill wrote:
Alice, That is called "buttoning". Both cauliflower and broccoli will do this when stressed. sometimes when the plant is 6 inches tall, you will get the little dime size button. The plants are through at that point. Sometimes the retailers keep their plants too long and I have seen them selling plants that have already buttoned. A big reason I start my own plants. Broccoli, just maybe, if the plants are big and healthy, cut off those seedheads and hope for sideshoots. If the plant is scrawny pull them.